Floods triggered by heavy rains has claimed 12 lives in Assam, in this year’s first wave of deluge to eight. Over 3.49 lakh people in 11 districts remained affected by the flood.
The flood situation in Assam is still grim as nearly 3.50 lakh people, including over 78,000 children from 11 districts, have been affected by the deluge.
The daily flood bulletin issued by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Friday evening said three deaths, including that of a child, were reported from Cachar district. Neighbouring Hailakandi reported two more deaths while one person died due to flood in Karbi Anglong West district. Two deaths were earlier reported in Hailakandi district in the state’s Barak Valley on Wednesday and Thursday. The bulletin said the flood affected 590 villages, of which 192 are in Cachar followed by Karimganj (157 villages) and Hailakandi (34 villages).
Heavy rains and storms caused by cyclone Remal on May 28 ravaged parts of Assam, leading to three deaths due to landslides. The rains continued in most parts of the state triggering floods. The IMD on Thursday said Monsoon entered the Northeast and and Kerala together, providing a respite from high temperature Assam witnessed till May 27.
Nearly 1.20 lakh people were affected in the Cachar district while 78756 people were affected in the Nagaon district, 77030 people in the Hojai district, 52684 people in the Karimganj district, 10165 people in Hailakandi district.
A total of 560 villages under 25 revenue circles of Karbi Anglong, Dhemaji, Hojai, Cachar, Karimganj, Dibrugarh, Nagaon, Hailakandi, Golaghat, Karbi Anglong West and Dima Hasao districts are still submerged under water.
Rail communication between Barak Valley, Tripura and Assam remained affected due to destruction of rail tracks mainly in Dima Hasao district.
The ASDMA bulletin said four rivers: Kopili, Barak, Katakhal and Kushiyara were flowing above the danger level on Friday. The flood affected districts are: Karbi Anglong, Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Nagaon, Hojai, Karbi Anglong West, Dima Hasao and Dhemaji.
On the other hand, many flood-affected people have taken shelter in higher lands, safer places. A total of 1023063 domestic animals were also affected in the deluge.
The NDRF, SDRF, Police, Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) and local administration are engaged in rescue operations in many flood-hit areas and on Friday the teams rescued 615 people.In the last 24 hours, flood waters damaged 11 roads, several health centres, culverts, anganwadi centres, school buildings, irrigation canals, and breached three embankments.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to the kin of each deceased due to the natural disasters in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal in Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and West Bengal.
The Prime Minister has also announced that those injured in the aftermath of Cyclone Remal would be given Rs 50,000 each.
(PTI inputs)
